Image pickup device and method of picking up image using the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSoo-man Jeong, Dae-gyu Kang
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Abstract
An image pickup device includes an image processing unit which processes an image input through the plurality of image pickup units, a plurality of microphones which are spaced apart from each other, an audio processing unit which senses a voice of a photographer using the plurality of microphones, and a control unit which, when the voice of a photographer is sensed through the audio processing unit, controls the image processing unit to combine an image of an image pickup unit corresponding to a location of the photographer with an image of an image pickup unit currently performing photographing.
Claims20
An image pickup device including a plurality of image pickup units, comprising:
- an image processing unit which processes an image input through the plurality of image pickup units;
- a plurality of microphones which are spaced apart from each other;
- an audio processing unit which senses a voice of a photographer using the plurality of microphones;
- and
- a control unit which, if the voice of the photographer is sensed through the audio processing unit, controls the image processing unit to combine an image of an image pickup unit corresponding to a location of a photographer with an image of an image pickup unit currently performing photographing.
An image pickup method of an image pickup device including a plurality of image pickup units, the method comprising:
- performing photographing using at least one image pickup unit from among the plurality of image pickup units;
- sensing a voice of a photographer through a plurality of microphones which are disposed spaced apart;
- and
- when the voice of the photographer is sensed, combining an image of an image pickup unit corresponding to a location of a photographer with an image of an image pickup unit currently performing photographing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.